English > electric battery: 1 sense > noun 1, artifactMeaning | A device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series. |
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Synonym | battery |
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Parts | electrode | A conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit |
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terminal, pole | A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves |
Narrower | A battery | The battery used to heat the filaments of a vacuum tube |
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B battery | battery for supplying a constant positive voltage to the plate of a vacuum tube |
C battery | battery used to maintain the grid potential in a vacuum tube |
voltaic battery, galvanic battery | battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel |
voltaic pile, pile, galvanic pile | battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series |
Broader | electrical device | A device that produces or is powered by electricity |
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Spanish | acumulador, batería eléctrica, batería, pila |
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Catalan | bateria elèctrica, bateria, pila |
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